1 .TH PCRE_VERSION 3

     2 .SH NAME

     3 PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

     4 .SH SYNOPSIS

     5 .rs

     6 .sp

     7 .B #include <pcre.h>

     8 .PP

     9 .SM

    10 .B char *pcre_version(void);

    11 .

    12 .SH DESCRIPTION

    13 .rs

    14 .sp

    15 This function returns a character string that gives the version number of the

    16 PCRE library and the date of its release.

    17 .P

    18 There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the

    19 .\" HREF

    20 \fBpcreapi\fP

    21 .\"

    22 page and a description of the POSIX API in the

    23 .\" HREF

    24 \fBpcreposix\fP

    25 .\"

    26 page.